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Tli IMfERH-DEMORAT.
Saturday, January 80, 1897. &
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p" 8. STRCKER , X. D.,
Pr acticing Physician, nat
Osice at Campbell & Chase Drag chb
Store on Levee street. at t
yot
W. D. BELL, to,
Surgeon end Practicing Pysician. or
(Obstetrics a specialty.) adt
Will respond to all calls, day or night.
Omce at Bernard drug store. ResideLce
next to Metodist Chure
Payment for medical services must Ills
be made at the close of each month
positively, Lol
--J
P. WELLS, JR., bui
LAWYER, h
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LAKE PrIOVIDENCE, LA. Or
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0. S. WYLYL sh<
Attozr=ey at L'arwr. em
Lake Providence, La.
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Practices In State and Federal Courts. to
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L. K. BABER, po
ATTORNEY-AT-LAw, gli
Lake Providence, La. net
Local and Parish News.
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thi
January 30th. luc
Business is very dull in town. wi
We know what winter feels like. tel
head the judicial advertisements.
More merchants should advertise. ins
It is wider and higher levees every the
year. an
Let us pull together to build up our nit
town. an
Everybody and everything froze up jul
this week.
Gads-but what some tongues some tet
mortals have.
Providence seems to be the paradise otl
f=r drummers. sh
The money spent for advertising to
returns ten-fold. wi
It is rather early to start election
talk for tuwn officers.
Attorney H. P. Wells is down in to
Madison attending court. sil
1 here was not a conviction by jury KI
at the last term ofcourt.. ce
Those who had skates had lots of bt
fuo on, the ice Thursday. pt
The Police Jury proceedings are
published in another column.
Winter struck us Sunday evening. P
and it made us wish for summer.
The river is now rising again and p
we will likely have a bank river. B
Mr. Will Dunn was in on Sunday iv
last. lie reports the saw mill alright. b•
lion. J. E. Rausdell Is down in New a
Orleans attending the Supreme Court.
We regret to learn that Mr. Dan w
O'Sullivan has not been so well this al
week. T
Mrs. M. B. Moore has moved to the b
Mrs. Williams residence- on flood o
at reet.
The biting cold on Monday morning Ia
kept several children from attending
school.
The very cold weather has kept a
large number of people out of town t
this week.
The tongues of some women have
been mtore trouble to themtn than any
thing else.
Local news bas been something like
the weather and the people this week
-froze up.
On account of the extreme cold this
week, business has been flat. Nothing r
doing whatever.
The Building and Loan Association
is belping good many worthy people I
In getting homes.
The residence of Mr. Magee's is get.
ting along nicely. It will be a nice
place when fnlished.
The Fifth District Levee Board
should put up a telephone line along I
its entire levee front.
The weather bureau at Vickeburg
reports that the cold wave will be
with as for several days.
Judge Fr F. Montgomery left Mon
day mnorning for Madison parish to
hold a terni of criminal court.
Capt. Win. Rou, who has been
down iu New Orleans for the past ten
Sdays, returned home on Wednesday.
The stock that was not sheltered
during the past few days must have
suffered very much'from the extreme
ecold.
Founse missed seeing the Governor.
He had just left for South America.
This was all that saved OGuenard and
MoRae.
The cotton packets are now carry
iag very little cotton. There is only
a stray bale that is shipped from our
leandlng.
The pretty display of shoes in the
large shabow window at White's at
tracts the attention of the ladles and
gentlemee
White is the only plaee in town
keeping a line of Krippendolphf &
Dittman shoes for ladies. The best
shoe made.
Misses Ethel Egellvy ad Carrle Hall
have returned from Greeanllle after
spending aI delightful lhrew: weeks
with ifriends.
Don't piledge ourearl to anylbod94tfor
• ti ar; tere will be ssvraSl etM
in the deld,'and is wit te thmame eangh
to make your iBlect.lo when they obhe
. skiomo*-..
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000D TRAIN sERsVIO.
Train service inaugurtted by the Y. g
& M. V. R. R. and I. C. systems is ap- As
preclated by the traveling public. By p,
using the above lines you can go to cal
St. Louis, Chicago, Louisville, Cinein- tot
nati and all points east with only one
change of cars and this change is made tbhe
at a Union Depot in Memphis, where ke,
you get a solid vestibule train through wt
to all the above points. For tickets wi
or information call on local agents or tbh
address loi
JNO. A. SCOTT, Mempbis, Tenn. del
A. II. hIANSON, G. P. A., Chicago, al
Ills.a
W. A. KELLOND, A. G. P. N.,
Louisville. Ky.
J. G. SLAUGIHTER, C. T. A. Vicks- wi
burg, Miss. thb
Mr. T. J. Powell is now located in of
the Turner store, where be is nicely
fixed up and ready to serve his friends Pit
and customers. Mr. Powell has a nice tin
stock of dry goods, clothing, boots, pr
shoes and groceries and sells at a an
small profit. he
Whenever there is an alarm of fire
sounded, it is the duty of every person
to get to the engine house as quick as to
possible. sad give all the assistance lal
possible in helpling to get out the en- P
gine and hose carriage. Your help is 't
needed.
all
Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic in not rep- au
resented to be "just as good" as any. -G
thing. Placed squarely upon its own
merit for ten years, it stands to-day as
without an equal for the purposes in- in
tended. AskJ. S.Guenard for it. it
Tuesday evening there were a good to
many of our citizens who got out of
their buggies and took the wheels off
and made sleighs. The runners were
r made of different things, but they to
answered the purpose. They had a
jolly time. w
Wednesday morning the thermome
e ter registered 12 degress by one of the
finest thermometers in town. By S;
e others it registered 16 degrees, which I
shows that it was the coldest niorning
g for this section in the past three years,
when it went down to thirteen.
n 11
We call the attention of our readers
t to a communication in another column
signed by Mr. J. D. Tompkins, in re
y gard to the manner in which the Justi- C
ces of the Peace of our parish have II
,f been acting heretofore in committing F
people to jail without trial or hearing.
e Because the imitations of Dr. Tiche
nor's Antiseptic smell and taste like
g peppermit is ilo proof that they are t
"just as good" as the original, simon
d pure compound that has given univer.
sal satisfaction for ten years. You
y may know Dr. Tlchcnor's Antiseptic
I. by the trade mark. J. S. Gueuard a
w always keeps it for sale.
It is strange the number of people
to who come down the river in small
shanty boats and how they exist.
There is not a week that passes that
hb half a dozen or more do not tie up at
d our river front. After remainaling for
a few days they pull out to drift down
Ig with the current.
g The Building and Loan Association
whenever they have money to loan
ashould let the people know of it
through the paper instead of sticking
up one solitary notice on some corner,
e The paper is the medium through
y which to tell the citizens when it has
money for sale.
k Our friend Charley Whittington is
now fixed. lie has a portable forge
a and can now pick up at any lime and
g move to another place without any
trouble. We hope to see Charley
o build up Lake street for a cotisidera
)e ble distance out. Give him time and
he will get there.
at Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and
Ice La Grippe when LAXATIVE BROtO
QUININE will cure you iu one day.
d Does not produce the ringing in the
ghead like Sulphate of Quinine. Put
up in tablets convenient for taking.
rg Guaranteed to cure, or money re
e funded. Price 26 cents. For sale at
Gueunard's Drui Store.
Lake Providence cant show more im
provements in the past twelve months
than any town of its size in the State.
Le There are one or two things that
would give us a boom that would soon
md nake us a city. We believe that we
e will get there before another twelve
e months rolls around.
Mr. Max Levy expects to leave next
r. month for the East to purchase his
spring .and summer goods, and to
make room for the large stock that he
expects to purchase,- he is now offer
'ry lag some rare bargains in fite clothing
u and overcoats and other winter goods.
It will pay you to call.
the WEsT MoNRoE,'LA, May 26, 1895.
t- We have tried several of the li ITA
d TIONS of D. TICHENOJR's ANTI
SeBPTIrC, and while they may "smell,
we taste and look" like his, they are cer
talaly not.lts equal, and this is also the
verdict of ou, customer.
W. L. Morris h Co.
er FOR A.LE.
ThSeSCASORE U PL IATATil
o 5r Contaialag about 8 aerase t opein lad,
ste ss gla "abi ipple hourses `t work the
JiS-'IT. Abala, La.
Mr. Phil Meuiare, with his usual
energy and push has secured the sole
agency of our town for the celebrated
Anheuser-Buch keg beer, and has had
put up a cold storage room with the
capacity of 106 kegs of beer and ten
tons of ice, which will be found to be
a great convenience and, saving to
those handling keg beer. He will
keep on bhanud a large supply and
whenever a keg is taken out another
will be put in, keeping it ice-cold all
the time. Besides, it will be sold at a
lower price than is now paid for its
delivery. It will be a-big convenience,
and instead of firms ordering in ten
and twenty kegs lots as they now do,
ll they will have to do is to get a keg
whenever they need one, saving thenm
the expense of keeping a large supply
of cle on hand.
Mr. McGuire has one of the prettiest
s places in town and is one of our lead
e ing citizens, who is all the time im
proving his already handsome "resort,"
and it will be only a short time when:
be will place Aceteline gas in his
building instead of coal oil.
We learn that the amateurs of our
a town will place on the boards a popu
lar drama in the near future for the
_ purpose of liquidating part of the in
is debtedness on the Opera House. We
know that they will receive the assist
ance of every person in our parish,
,- and that a large sum can be realized.
r- Get the play up by all means.
n The gentlemen holding the notes
y against the Opera House want their
1- money, and we do not blame them, for
it has been long past due, and we hope
that there will be enough of interest
d taken by the people in helping to pay
off this indebtedness and preventing a
foreclosure. By giving an entertain
Snment enough of money can be raised
to almost wipe out the debt, and we
alhppe those interested will get to work
without delay.
e MEN OF TASTE
' Say that our made to order CLOTil
:h ING is the perfection of art. Why
sg hould'ut it be ? We use only IM
PORTED woolens in our TAILOR
ING department, have a first class cut
ter and the best of workmen.
Our ready made CLOTIING and Co
i. OVERCOATS cannot be excelled.
ie heavy UNI'ERWEAR, silk MUF
ig FLERS' and other warm things for st
cai
g' chilly weather. of
e- Money back if not suited. to
ke Mail orders receive prompt atten- pc
tion.
,r. WAIRNER & SEARLES CO., bt
ou Vicksburg, Miss. w
tic District Attorney Holmes left for h:
rd his home on Friday evening last, after to
being in attendance on our court for i"
ale three weeks. Mr. Holmes is a popn- 8
all lar gentleman and his many friends in p
st Providence wish him success. We ct
iat were going to give him awav,but as he sl
at does not want. it known in Madison CA
ror we will keep mum. h
wu We would like to see a telephone t1
line constructed along our entire levee ]
on front. During the seasons of high ti
an water it would then be shown to what n
it an advantage a line would be to the
citizens living along the river aud be
Shind these large embankments. In
gh case of a break in the levee people s
as could be immediately notified and
would have time to save their stock
and other things. ii
Don't be humbugged with an imita
d tion of Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic p
Yv ou can always know the genuine t
I original li'chenor's Antisepltic by the e
ra- trade mark. For sale by J.S.nGuenard. i
mnd We learn that Mr. J. U. Pittmant
will build a private telephone line L
mad front Wilton to"4rovidet;ce at an early
)NO day. Mr. Pittmau will connect his
lay. places between town and Wilton,
tire which will be a big saving to him, and
Ptt save him a great deal of time in his
business. We cannot see why a pub
ro- lie line could not be put up, whicht
Sat would be a big convenience to the peo- i
plo living in the first and second wards.
im- Mr. Wm. B. Young, representing a<
rths large New York lunmber firm, was in
ate. our town for a few (lays at the close ofl
at last weetk and closed a contract with
on the Providence Lumber Company for
we 260,000 feet of quarter-sawed gum
lve lumber. The lumber will be sawed
immediately and allowed to dry be
fore shipment. It is said that Mr.
text Ilamley will soon close one or two
his more contracts with Northorn tirms
to for several thousand feet of cypress
he lumber.
g If you have used Dr. Tlichnor a
ods. Antiseptic and like it why allow you,
self to be"talked"into taking a cou.
terleitor imitation of it,jus- to pleae
6. the dealer? Don't do it unless you
TA. want to be "bumbugged."
Last Sunday evening a regular
el, norther struck .this seetion and the
th- change in the temperature was several
degreel and made one feel that they
were near Lake Michigan. It sleeted
off mand on Monday, and Tuesday
morning snow was on the ground and
it fell during the wbole day. On
I Wedneday morning the sun came out
and, besotiful, but remained below the
Sthe reesiang point and there was not
musch hance for the snow to thaw anad
2a. beeosst ad and ailueh.
IN MILLINERY.
IN ORDER NOT TO CARRY OVER ANY
OF OUR .
TRIMMED HATS,
BONNETS AND SHAPES,
WE HAVE THIS EARLY IN THE
SEASON REDUCED THE PRICE JUST
ONE THIRD
4' THE REGULAB MARKED SELLING
PRICE. THIS SALE WILL CONTINUE
AS LONG AS THEY LAST. WT INVITE
YOUR INSPECTION.
W. N Whitl, 'l.
Communicated.] 1
THESE ARE FACTS. d
Banner-Democrat :-Allow me to %
state to the public one of the principle t
causes of the heavy criminal expense tl
of our parish, and suggest a little law
to our Justices of the Peace. which. If F
heeded by them, will curtail the ex- u
pense very much.
These officials have a code of their c
own. For instance an affidavit is made
before one of them cha:;ging a party r
with a crime, and upon that bare affi
dav:t they will issue a warrant and
have the person arrested and commit
ted to jail indethfinitely withou!t a hear
ing. In this there is no law known to t
any one except a magistrate for any
such proceeding. The constitution
provides that where a man stands r
charged with crime he shall have a
speedy trial as to his guilt or inno
cence. If on examination he is found
guilty the J. P., fixes the amount of
his appearance bond before the District
Court; in default of giving bond he -
then issues a commitment to the parish
jail. If no one appears in a reasonable
I time to substantiate the charge the
I magistrate has no right to hold him i
,-ad infinitum," but should order his
release.
Now, to show this situation, there
were eighteen parties in jail (some of
whom were in there for months on a
mere affidavit) when the grand jury
met, and they were all released except
one, and the grand jury did not exam
ine his case or they would have re
leased-him.
Had these same parties had an exam
ination before the committing J. P.,
a they would have been released and
e saved the parish this expense of board
ing them for weeks and months for
nothing. This work continues all
it throug the year, simply for want of
e knowledge in executing the law. These
irregularities are perpetrated on an
Signorant class of people and should be
stopped bysome means. If no other
I. way, either abolish the office of ,. P.,
d or change the name and call them "In
s justice of the Peace."
I will again say, that a party charged
" with ant offense against the law, is en
h titled to a hearing within twenty-four
i. hours if possible, and in default, can
be released on his own motion.
The above is written at the request
a of a member of the Pollce Jury, with
n out the slightest intention of disturb
i ing the minds of the J. P's.
J. D. TOMPKINS.
n COURT PROCEEDINGS.
T he court proceedings were handed
r. in too late for insertion last week, but
o thinking they might interest some, we
s give it below:
s . Fiost vs. Irael King. Judgment
for plaintiff.
Mrs. Eliza Madison, wife vs. G. II.
e Sutton. Judgment for separation of
property.
State vs. Ben Lee. Carrying con
cealed weapons. Fined $5-00 and
te costs or ten days in jail.
n State vs. Will Shorty. Nolli prose.
qui. State vs. Will Shorty. Assault
and battery. Fined $10.00 and cost or
r thirty days in jail.
e State vs. Henry Williams. Assault
and battery. Acquitted.
State vs. Chas. Hill. Jno. Hill. Joe
Y BHill and Sam Hill. Killing cow. Ac
ed quitted.
y State vs. Will Willoon. Nolli prose
d qui.
State vs. Clarence Holmes. Ass:mlt
) and battery. Fined $5.00 and costs or
it ten days in jail.
he State vs. Martin Clark. Mose Miller.
Andrew Williams and Ben Johnson.
Charged with murder. Found not
guilty.
1 Ltte Washington, wife vs. Bsan
1Washington, husband. Snit for
divorce. Judgment for plaintiff.
Mrs. Belle Matthews. wife vs. C. A.
Williams, husbaud. Suit for separa
tion of property. Judgment for plain
tiff
Mrs. Susie C. Reynolds. wife vs. D.
I F. Pec, husband. Suit for separation
of properly. Judgment for plaintiff.
State vs. Willie Wells. Dismissed
on motion of District Attorney.
State vs. Ben Harris. Charged with
rape. Mistrial.
A CARD OF THANKS.
The members -of the Ladies' Parsonage
and Church Aid Societies co-operate in ex
tendnag thanks to the young ladies and
gentlemen of -'Among Tie Breakers" tor
the liberal sum of money donated respect
ively, to each Society for the purpose of
S making improvements on the Methodist
t hurch property.
For the first lime in many, many
f years the parish jail has not a prisoner
t within its walls, and it is to be hoped
a that it will remain in this condition
for sometime to come. It is a large
expense to the parish to feed from ten
to twenty prisoners year in and year
s out, as it has been the cae in our
parish, and it is gratifying to be re
e lieved of this- very heavy and costly
item. it is to be hoped that it will be
y sometime to come before there will be
t another person within its walls.
Someone said that we was not go
ing to have any winter. How do
they like the way things have felt
this week.
lion. E. J. Ilamley left for Mem
phis on Tuesday morning on businuess
for the Lumber Company. He re
turned yesterday.
e The thermometer was down to
n twenty-two on Mondry. This was
e the coldest morning by ten degrees
r than any this winter.
1' Master Martian lsamley is becom
ing quite an expert on the typewriter.
He is now doing almost the entire cor
cr respondence for his father.
n Major L. K. Barber and his pretty
daughter, Miss Lucy, came up last
It Sunday morning from Woodville and
* went out to their beautiful home on
- the Bend.
The river after lallimig about four
feet on the last rise, has commenced
again to swell and we may look for it
to-come up somewhat higher than on
the previous rise.:
There was an alarm of fire on Mon
day evening, which we are glad to say
re was only a chimney burning out.
Whenever the fire bell rings it brings
at everbody out in a hurry.
1. The following should be read by a
of few in Providence:
Fenderecn-."Hello, Fogg! how'syour
n' wife? I understand she is confined to
)d the house."
Fogg--"Sbe was for a few days, but
W Mirs. Base came in yesterday and told
tit her something about Wigger and his
or wife, and made her swear she wouldn't
tell g soul. Half an hour later Mrs
lit Fogg had her things on and was out,
and she has been out ever since."-Bs.
e ton Transcript.
FOR S3ALE.
se
A BEATIFUL FIVE ACRE LOT, havina
lt a tront of two chains and sixty-xliHolnt.ot
the lake read, next to the property of Mr
or J.C. Bass. This is beyond a doubt tei
ine est ve acre buliding lot in East Caurol
er. pariabh.
n. For terms. apply to.
n. MILLIKIM & HAMLEY.
lot Beat iatate Dealers.
Lake Provtdence, Le
an January 16, 'M4L. -
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CITY DRIUO STORE
CAMPBEL, L &.HAZE, Prop's4."
LEVEE STIB3T, LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA.,
-Dealers in
riaig . Mscea1o es and Z C1 O $as o r,
rs'aoy a.zendi ,FOalet Azrtiole,
Eponges,au3r1's1es anic1a Pd u er '
Pais1, oi aDucLt VwA2I m '.
3bWPhysioians prescriptions earefully compoauded at all bours, day
or night, by a registered Pharmacist.
LUMBER, LUMBER, LUMBER,
McGUIRE'S SAW MILL AND GINNERY.
---LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA-
I am now prepared to fill all orders for
CYPRESS, ASH AND OAK Lumber,,
in a prompt and satisfactory manner at lowest prices for CAKI . Get my
prices before purcha;i,,g elsewhere. No limber is shipped from my mill.
My Cotton Gin is the complete Monger syetem, and my ginning .rates ::1
are very low.
aS A liberal share of the pnblio patronge is solicited.
Respectfually, H. C. MoGUIRE.
FOR THE T, FIELD OR FArY,
For Family Or Medical Purposes.
-LIVE OAK WHISKEY,
-8S THE PUREST AND BEST--.
FOUR GOLD MEDALIS
At Atlanta E~position, Over All o oý.otau ".
THE LIVE OAK DISTILLERY COMPANY,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
PHIL icGUIRE, So h Apit, for Lake Prnvdeu , 1*.
UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE cO,
OF CINCINNATI,' OHIO.,
Assets December 81, 1s8e, i14,0M1,e8,A.
Our Polices are plain and easily understood. Every feture
t GUARANTEED.
Before Insuring your life, investigate oar"ontracts. Inforimation wl
,. cbeerfully furuished by
Mr E N.T. S. DELONY, Lake Provseeae*, La.
d MAuICE M. S]rroT0, Gen. Agt. N. L., 108 St. John st.,iroe, La.
RAMSEY INSTALLMENT HBOISE.
e -.--TE LEADING
lano, Organ, Furniure andl
SSeawing Macmildne e ,
0. A kn Maks, Qualghsasirfai'. MIkssmaol siaetA l
Lo MLonthly, Quarterly and seml-anmial1tyagtS, ;
s Needles, Oil and Attachments for all Machints ad nepslrtlag.
- No. 814 Main Stret, NATCIIHEZ, MIBSS.
Guenard Drug Store
LAKE STiLtHr, AKE prROVWkNCB LA.
A Gen1l eraoirtmest of 1a~r
Filling PresrIptiood a specialty by an epoeri&ed atnd daL
...-licensed Ikaaeia t--- -
SPaiter. Supphi* of all ~ils.
g Toilet anfd Fancy Artlote. Puare Cadles.
a Landreth's Garden Seed.
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- LAKE PROVIDENCE, - LOl81ANA.
Copper, Tin ai d Siast-Ir, Ti Roofig
rSTAM ANL PIPE ITrnTIN,
Brli"atbin , s n ;", toos, Lc k ad " -rBretuIh
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